Angelia Merkel has shit on her face, she made the deals for Russian gas and refused sanctions on Russia, she wanted the gas and Vlad controls the valve. Many are starting to blame the situation on her as kind of a new Chamberlain waving her gas contract like he waved his peace in our time worthless agreement. It's good she retired or she might not have survived this politically, Zelenskiy is laying the blame at her feet for letting Vlad get away with it and enabling him. Never deal with dictators, who have no word to give, because they have no honor, integrity, or decency. Leaders can lead up, or leaders can lead countries down, like Trump and Putin, or they can try and take the easy way out and make a deal with the Devil, if you sup with the Devil you best use a long spoon, lest you get burned. Merkel got burned badly and Germany will suffer, or compromise and deal again, with someone as bad as Hitler himself and driven by the same forces. She'd better lay low, the next time she speaks publicly could be ugly with protesters and hecklers, she was warned repeatedly that this day would come. I thought she was smarter than that, she grew up under soviet rule and suffered from it and through it, she had an intelligence service too, that knew all about Vlad and his ambitions.
No wonder Germany is going strong militarily, they need to atone, yet again for being controlled by a dictator, this time the price won't be so high, we hope.
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Russian war crimes: The end of German illusions?
Russia’s pulling back its forces north of Ukraine’s capital but that’s brought horror rather than relief–as indications of a civilian massacre come to light. The devastating images from the town of Bucha indicate Putin’s forces murdered hundreds of civilians before withdrawing. That’s sparking new calls for harsher sanctions including an embargo on Russian fossil fuels. So far Germany’s been resisting, fearing massive harm to an economy highly dependent on Russian gas. The predicament is prompting a new look at politicians who enabled that dependence.